More than 80 middle, high school and university-level teams from across the East Coast will design and build a robot while participating in the Mountaineer VEX Robotics Competition from Feb. 21-23 at the Student Rec Center.
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The School of Social Work is launching a listserv to help build connections and community with social workers throughout the University and plan in-person networking events.
The H.E. Kidder Freshman Scholarship, which honors the life and work of a beloved professor and adviser who inspired generations of students in the Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is open to first-year students who are studying animal and nutritional sciences.
A screening of “Small Town Universe,” which shares stories of love, loss, resilience, hope, scientific discovery and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in Green Bank — a small town in West Virginia with a big telescope — will be held at 7 p.m. March 7 in Ming Hsieh Hall, Room G20.
The Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources will celebrate the nationally recognized Engineers Week with engineering events and activities this week (Feb. 17-21) at the Engineering Sciences Building.
Christopher Griffin, an associate professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, is the recipient of the American Legion Department of West Virginia 2024 College Educator of the Year Award.